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You make usתְּשִׂימֵנוּa contentionמָדוֹןfor our neighbors,לִשְׁכֵנֵינוּand our enemiesוְאֹיְבֵינוּmockיִלְעֲגוּamong themselves.לָמוֹ
Psalms 80:6
Study it in the app“You make us a contention for our neighbors, and our enemies mock among themselves.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 80:6, word by word
- You make usתְּשִׂימֵtesime
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “tesime” appears- a contentionמָדוֹןmadon
mockery
The target of a dispute: someone over whom others quarrel or mock.
Where else “madon” appears- for our neighborsשְׁכֵנֵיshechene
neighbor, resident
Neighbor (man or woman); also a temporary resident.
Where else “shechene” appears- and our enemiesאֹיְבֵיoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears- mockיִלְעֲגוּyilagu
mock
To laugh at someone with contempt, to make him look ridiculous.
Where else “yilagu” appears
The context
5You have fed them the bread of tears, and given them to drink tears in great measure.
6 · This verse (above)
7Elohim Tsevaot, bring us back; and make your face shine, and we will be saved.